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The connector creates Inventory files in the snowpack format (.snowpack). The following sections list the fields that are used in the snowpack manifest and what information they are populated with.

BIOS

Service Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in SIM configuration
Serial	VirtualMachine (classic) -> VirtualMachineId
Vendor	Hardcoded to "Microsoft"

Resource Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in SIM configuration
Serial	VirtualMachine -> VirtualMachineId
Vendor	Hard coded to "Microsoft"

Identity

Resource Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in Azure Resource Manager API
Azure: VmId	VirtualMachine -> VirtualMachineId

SIM

Resource Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in Azure Resource Manager API
ID	VirtualMachine -> VirtualMachineId

Source

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in SIM configuration
Name	A constant that is set by the connector. Value = "external-discovery-sim-azure"
SiteName	A local site name set in the connector configuration overrides the global site id for SIM.
DiscoveryDate	DateTime.Now

Name

Service Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in Azure Service Manager API
Name	VirtualMachine (classic) -> Name
DNSHostName	VirtualMachine (classic) -> Name

Resource Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in Azure Resource Manager API
Name	VirtualMachine -> Name
DNSHostName	VirtualMachine -> Name

Network

Service Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in Azure Service Manager API
MAC	<Not available>
IPAddress	VirtualMachine (classic) -> IP addresses -> IP address

Resource Manager

Field in snowpack manifest	Field in Azure Resource Manager API
MAC	VirtualMachine -> Networkinterfaces -> Networkinterface -> Properties -> MAC Address
IPAddress	VirtualMachine -> Networkinterfaces -> Networkinterface -> Private IP address